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ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2010

The role of radiotherapy in locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma.

Ruchika Gutt, Stanley L Liauw, Ralph R Weichselbaum

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Review in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Personalized medicine in pancreatic cancer: prognosis and potential implications for therapy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Ruchika GuttDepartment of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Stanley L Liauw
Ralph R Weichselbaum

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prognosis for locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma remains dismal despite advances in chemotherapy and radiotherapy over the past few decades. The use of radiotherapy for pancreatic carcinoma is often disputed because of the hypothesis that patients with pancreatic cancer die from distant metastases. It is well accepted that the greatest chance for cure of pancreatic cancer involves surgical resection of the primary tumor. However, there is much controversy about the role of radiotherapy in local disease control. The aim of this Review is to discuss data from the available studies, both prospective and retrospective, that evaluate treatment options for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. We focus on the benefits associated with local therapies, including radiotherapy and surgical resection, as they relate to improved local disease control, prolonged overall survival and improved symptom control.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCombined Modality TherapyHumansPancreatic NeoplasmsRadiotherapySeverity of Illness IndexAntineoplastic Agents

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